Introduction.

§. 1.

The Concept of Transcendental Philosophy.

1. All knowledge is based on the agreement original: "Uebereinſtimmung" of an objective element with a subjective one. — For one knows only that which is true; and truth is generally defined as the agreement of representations mental images, thoughts, or perceptions that stand in for objects in the mind (Vorſtellungen) with their objects.

2. We may call the sum total of all that is purely objective in our knowledge nature; the sum total of all that is subjective, on the other hand, shall be called the Self original: "das Ich," often translated in philosophy as the "Ego" or the "I", or intelligence. These two concepts are opposed to one another. Intelligence is originally conceived as that which merely represents the active side of the mind that perceives and thinks, and nature as that which is merely representable; the former as the conscious, the latter as the unconscious. Now, however, in every...